Few months back, my wife took home a bunch of bulbs. Dahlia! I didn't even know how the flowers would look like. But the name was beautiful, just like a beautiful girl should be named.
So I just dig some holes and there the bulbs sank!
Needless to say, I have been amazed buy the beauty of these flowers. They come in different colors and shapes. Amazing. For quite some time, I didn't dare to take picture being afraid I would fail their beauty!
Well today finally I gave it a try.
Please feel free to comment. I want to learn to live up to the beauty of these flowers: Dahlia, what a beautiful name, what a beautiful flower>

I would also try shooting these from a greater distance with your longest telephoto at wide aperture to isolate the beautiful blooms from a distracting background. These lovelies present many nice photo ops.

I would also try shooting these from a greater distance with your longest telephoto at wide aperture to isolate the beautiful blooms from a distracting background. These lovelies present many nice photo ops.

Thanks, Chaz, that is a great idea. This is a tight quarter, I think I can try.
Bob

This lens is a bit heavy for me. I have another with vibration compensation that I find myself going back to. I'm beginning to wonder if the lens is not auto focusing perfectly. ( Back focusing? Maybe that's the term. I think there's some way to test for it.)

Paz, Sorry for the typo. It is 24-120 f4.
You notice that all of my pix were taken at f 8 ot even f5.6, f4.
And I think it is the light. Photography in natural light is quite tricky. So far the only time of the day that would give me good images is early morning.
In case you miss it, this is the second serie of the Dahlia:http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1223740/0#11653798

The Dahlia. One of my favorite subjects! You got some nice detail in that first one and great color. As suggested, more isolation by shooting with a wider aperture, but still very pleasing to view.....

gregfountain wrote:
The Dahlia. One of my favorite subjects! You got some nice detail in that first one and great color. As suggested, more isolation by shooting with a wider aperture, but still very pleasing to view.....